An electromechanical item which accepts and systematically retains digital input data in such a manner as to facilitate the rapid recovery of stored information. The item may or may not consist of disk(s) some of which are removable, hard, removable disk packs, fixed disks, or removable flexible, each surface coated with a material susceptible to spot magnetization, integral writing, a drive motor and its mechanical linkage, and data translating heads for impressing on or removing from the disk surface data in digital form. the item is a component of an electronic computer. see also, magnetic drum, data storage; core memory unit.
Classification: Other storage units, nesoi
NSN 6135-01-408-9244
NSN 5915-00-300-3853
NSN 5915-01-549-1506
NSN 5925-00-921-1171
NSN 2925-00-831-7024
NSN 6135-01-168-2944
NSN 5910-01-078-3557
NSN 5905-01-300-7698
NSN 5925-01-318-3296
NSN 6135-00-309-0074
NSN 5910-00-632-8117
NSN 5990-01-159-5988